IBM key does not click any more
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Last edited by cactux on 14 Aug 2011, 16:44, edited 3 times in total.
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webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
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Sandy55's Chopstick of Death method.
Best practiced on a spare spring/plate first, you'll get the feel of it quickly. You can get these from Unicomp. Then remove the keycap and try it on the defective spring.
Cut or sand a wooden stick so it fits in the spring, but still has friction with the spring. Turn counter clockwise to loosen the spring. Clockwise to reinsert a spring.
Best practiced on a spare spring/plate first, you'll get the feel of it quickly. You can get these from Unicomp. Then remove the keycap and try it on the defective spring.
Cut or sand a wooden stick so it fits in the spring, but still has friction with the spring. Turn counter clockwise to loosen the spring. Clockwise to reinsert a spring.
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webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
That's what I'm saying. Remove old spring with chopstick, insert new spring with same chopstick.
